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A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap read more
A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap he snatched,
It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise?
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an read more
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door,
and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The
world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases
can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually
smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him
forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have
to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can
get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity
does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves
that they are alive.
Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.
[Lat., Rapiamus, amici,
Occasionem de read more
Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.
[Lat., Rapiamus, amici,
Occasionem de die.]
There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.
There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.
Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.
Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.
